SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Between 800 and 1,000 people gathered Aug. 6 at Meadowland Park for South Orange’s National Night Out festivities, celebrating the village’s first responders while waiting for the sun to set to watch a movie outside. The national holiday, which started in the 1980s as a way for communities to get to […]
West Orange firefighter remains in serious condition
WEST ORANGE, NJ — A major accident on the eastbound side of Route 280 sent two state troopers and five West Orange firefighters to the hospital on Tuesday, July 30, when a dump truck struck the state troopers as they stood outside their patrol cars while responding to another accident. Two West Orange police officers […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — With three open seats on the South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education, residents of the two towns will choose three of seven candidates to fill out the board in November. Of the seven, two are incumbent BOE members, Johanna Wright and Stephanie Lawson-Muhammad. BOE member Susie Adamson, who has been […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Oakeside Community Garden, at Oakeside Bloomfield Cultural Center, celebrated its 10th anniversary Sunday, Aug. 4, with a party attended by 100 people. The community garden was started on the former Oakes estate at 240 Belleville Ave. by Sarah Meyer, a 1998 graduate of Glen Ridge High School. The garden’s location had […]
NEWARK, NJ — The sister cities of Orange and East Orange were on the scene in Lincoln Park in downtown Newark on Sunday, July 28, for the third day of the 14th annual Lincoln Park Music Festival, courtesy of local hip-hop entrepreneur Donnie Don. “We’re just chilling, trying to support the festival like we always […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Three candidates are running for two open seats on the West Orange Board of Education this year, and in November residents will choose who will sit on the board. None of the three are incumbents, as BOE Vice President Sandra Mordecai and BOE member Mark Robertson are not running for reelection. […]
Comedy club owner, au pair slain; police arrest Elizabeth man for killings
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The SOMA community was stunned Saturday by the news of a double homicide. Just one day later, law enforcement arrested the alleged perpetrator, but the quiet Maplewood neighborhood where the attacks occurred is still shaken. Shortly after 6 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 3, Maplewood police officers responded to the area of Walton […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Community policing officers from the Glen Ridge Police Department visited Carteret Park on Thursday, Aug. 1, and for the kids it was a lucky thing. The day was a scorcher and the officers, detectives Sgt. Daniel Manley and Patricia Romaine, brought lemonade with them. A canopy and table were quickly set […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange Mayor Ted Green has joined the Eta Pi Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi organization, which operates out of the Ambrose Ward Mansion on South Harrison Street. The Eta Pi members are nicknamed the “Community Q’s,” and the fraternity’s colors are purple and gold, which Green wore on his […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield resident Karl Hughes has a few aha! moments for you, if you have a minute. A sixth-generation carpenter, the Bronx-born Hughes, 62, has spent 45 years in the trade and more than half of that time was spent thinking about writing a self-help guide, which he says will be beneficial to […]